Scottish collaboration to integrate medicine therapy between out-patient and in-patient sectors

Scottish collaboration to integrate medicine therapy between out-patient and in-patient sectors

Moves to harmonise good prescribing practice in Scotland (population 5.2 million) began two decades ago with the development of prescribing formularies in each of primary and secondary care in major geographically-based health boards. These formularies were then combined to produce ‘joint formularies’, the aim being to promote best and most efficient prescribing of evidence-based medicines in b...

Patient satisfaction with out-patient rehabilitation therapy: validity and reliability

[Purpose] The purpose of present study were to develop an out-patient satisfaction questionnaire to be used in health care system, from which the underlying dimensions could be derived and individual patient scores calculated, and to evaluate some of the questionnaire's psychometric properties. [Subjects and Methods] Forty out-patient of local hospital reply both the questionnaire used in previ...

Hadron Therapy in Iran: Patient Indication Estimation and Challenges Ahead

Introduction: Radiotherapy with heavy charged particles such as protons and carbon ions (hadron therapy) has been recognized as an advanced technique for the treatment of various cancers. For some indications such as pediatric and radio-resistant tumors, it is considered the preferred method. However, despite its remarkable benefits, development of hadron therapy centers in the...

Effectiveness of Existential Group Therapy in Reducing Occupational Burn-out of Employees Working in Psychic Patient Centers

Introduction: Staff burn out at Psychiatric Residential Treatment Centers threatens the treatment process of patients. The objective of the current assessment is to evaluate the effectiveness of existential group therapy on decreasing the burn-out and its respective scales among staff. Methods: The current study, uses a semi-experimental assessment through pre-test and post-test tools and a con...

Emergency Medicine specialty May Improve Patient Satisfaction